Andy Beshear and family enter quarantine after coming in contact with person with COVID-19

[Eugene]

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal

Gov. Andy Beshear and other members of his family are quarantining after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Sunday afternoon in a video.

No members of the governor's family have tested positive for the coronavirus, he said in a taped statement alongside his son Will, and they feel "great," the governor said.

Still, Beshear said, "we want to make sure we're setting the example and that we're also keeping other people around us safe – that we're walking the walk, not just talking the talk."

Link to tweet

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Lucas Aulbach
Louisville Courier Journal
Published 1:40 p.m. ET Oct. 11, 2020 | Updated 4:01 p.m. Oct. 11, 2020


Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/10/11/coronavirus-kentucky-governor-andy-beshear-quarantine/5961288002/

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Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Kentucky governor and family go into isolation

By The Associated Press
an hour ago

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s governor says he will be in isolation after a member of his security detail who drove with his family tested positive for the coronavirus.

Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday that he and his family feel fine and have tested negative for the virus. Beshear’s wife and their two children also will stay isolated.

The governor has stressed the importance of following the advice of health experts to limit the virus’s spread and says that by going into isolation he will be “walking the walk, not just talking the talk.”

Beshear says his family was not in contact with anyone else following the exposure. He says that his family and the state police trooper who accompanied his family all wore facial coverings.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-pandemics-india-archive-fefbdcf72cafd86c34ecb989e70c4c33

[Music Man]

1. Stay well, Andy!

We need you! Best Kentucky governor in my lifetime.

[Rebl2]

2. I don't

Know about the rest of you, but if a number is unfamiliar to me I don’t answer. Does anyone know if a contact tracer would leave a voicemail? I have been wondering about that for a while.

[Cadfael]

3. Maybe you could find out the contact trace phone number

In our county the number is published and there is an entire page at the county health department website explaining about how you need to “Answer the Call”
It says (in part):

“ How It Works

First, public health staff will call anyone who has COVID-19 and will always provide residents with their name and (***) as the call back number.

the number that will appear on your phone is (***-***)and/or COVID CONTACT. If you see this, please answer the call.
If you miss a phone call from the number (***-***) or the caller identification COVID CONTACT, please call back (***)to speak with DCHD staff. “

Edited because a link with the actual phone number appeared in my post and I didn’t want anybody accidentally calling the contact trace folks

[Rebl2]

4. Thanks for

the information. I will check out my county health department for it.

[Bayard]

5. I am proud of our governor for doing the right thing